Swedish instrumental/soundtrack artist Fluorescent Heights will be releasing his new LP "Tourism" on January 27 via Copenhagen-based label and will also be heading down there for a trio of gigs to celebrate. Full details, including info on how locals can score a free copy of said album, can be found here; everyone else can go here for a full streaming preview.
has announced that Swedish postrockers Pg.lost will be releasing their new album "Key" on May 4. In other news, look for the band to tour Asia (Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Japan) in March with a European tour to follow in May.
Check out a video sampler preview of the upcoming Culkin album "Several Sundays". I've been fortunate enough to get a preview listen and can confirm that the whole record is great, just you wait! And when you're done with that, go ahead and do a search for national aerobics on YouTube. You won't be disappointed by that either.
Well, this is disappointing: the website Svensk Musik is shutting down after one year of publishing a diverse array of content, both text and video: http://svenskmusik.org/tema/thank-you/
At long last, something new from the excellent Finnish act Murmansk. The band's third album will be out later this year.
Swedish retro/psych-rockers Siena Root will be heading out on a European tour this coming March: http://www.sienaroot.com/home/?page=shows
In somewhat related news, similarly minded act Three Seasons -- the band of ex-Siena Root member Sartez Faraj -- will also be touring in March: http://www.threeseasonsmusic.com/shows.php
Massgrav recently went down to Germany for a pair of shows and, as usual, came back with a full, entertaining report on what went down: http://www.massgrav.com/giglog_germany.html
More dates are starting to be confirmed for Refused's upcoming reunion tour: http://officialrefused.com.preview.binero.se/tour/
will be releasing the new LP "Fast forward" from Swedish indiepop act Liehtenstein on January 25. More info and a sample mp3 here.
A brand new clip from Swedish pop artist Lilla Sällskapet.
A new video from Firefox AK for the title track of her latest album "Color the trees" which also happens to be a duet with her husband Rasmus Kellerman (aka Tiger Lou).
Out now via , the self-titled debut from ex-Knife & Ape act Landcrabs. Listen via Spotify.
has issued a gatefold LP edition of Mattias Alkberg's excellent most recent album "Anarkist": http://nyvag.weebly.com/1/post/2012/01/its-finally-here.html
Apparently it now takes me a full week to dig out of the hole I got myself into by taking time off in December. So while it might not feel quite so timely anymore, I'm going to try and take the time to highlight a few of my top 10 mentions over the next little while before getting back into the Sisyphean task of keeping up with what's new. First: Dödsvarg. The band initially spurred my curiosity because they/he is ex-Detektivbyrån, but when you combine that with the descriptor "a mixture of Meshuggah and Skitsystem," I knew I absolutely needed to hear it. The album "Livet är en dödsorsak" doesn't disappoint either -- the music is crusty, mathy and totally pissed, but they missed one very important note of reference: besides Skitsystem and Meshuggah, Dödsvarg also reminds me a lot of "It's me god"-era Breach. This is not just a good thing, it's a great thing. Don't let Dödsvarg stay overlooked and underappreciated!
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